Excerpt from A Modern Antique: A Florentine Story

After a moment of thought he observed, Strange how even letters hidden in plain envelopes have a certain physiognomy.

And no doubt the three pieces of white paper scribbled with the address had different characters.

The first envelope, for instance, was small, and the stamp, placed on the reverse Side where the missive is sealed, seemed to mount guard over the inviolability of the secret.

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